Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting

Requisition 37238:

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Working at Norfolk Southern offers a unique opportunity to be part of our proud legacy that spans nearly 200 years. We are a customer-centric, operations-driven team dedicated to advancing safety, serving communities, and driving innovation for tomorrow's rail.

As part of Norfolk Southern, you'll join a collaborative team where there are opportunities for growth across the organization. We are building a culture where everyone can thrive by owning and driving exceptional results, being humble and leading with trust, serving our customers with excellence, and collaborating and coaching to win.

Job Description

Primary Purpose:

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team. This position will play a key role on the Corporate Accounting team ensuring accurate financial data and adherence to GAAP. This role contributes to Norfolk Southern's success by participating in our monthly close process and working alongside our financial reporting team responsible for our external reporting requirements, including quarterly and annual filings, debt issuances, and other statutory reporting. This role will report to our Assistant Manager Financial Reporting.

This position is Hybrid meaning there will be a mixture of virtual and on-site work at our state of the art, LEED Certified headquarters located in midtown Atlanta.

Principal Duties

• Develops routine and non-routine journal entries.
• Participates in the monthly closing process and provides monthly reports to support the financial statements.
• Responsible for accounting, reporting and reconciliation of the prepaid asset account as well as the reasonableness of the related monthly expense.
• Required to work closely with other groups including Risk Management, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable to ensure accounts are properly reflected.
• Works with various departments monthly to compile flux analysis to provide to Controller.
• Performs subsidiary company reporting and equity accounting.
• Prepares subsidiary financial statements
• Prepares bank reconciliations for certain cash accounts
• Responds to audit requests from external and internal auditors.
• Assists with the preparation of various 10-K and 10-Q footnotes.
• Assists with the preparation of various annual STB reports.
• Assists with the development, analysis and interpretation of data.
• Coordinates Ad-hoc projects as necessary.

Job Related Experience:

Minimum Level: 1 - 3 years

Education:

Required Level: Bachelor's Degree (BBA)

Preferred Majors: Accounting

Licenses / Certifications:

Strongly Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Work Conditions

Environment: Office/Potential for partial remote work

Shift Work: No

On-Call: No

Weekend Work: Yes

Travel Required: 0 - 2 Days per Month

Company Overview

Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.

At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization.

Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.